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She’s in good spirits, but the gravity of the situation is starting to hit her. She’s doing all the right things. Getting some loose ends tied up, and making sure all bases are covered. I did take her by a car dealership and we looked at a newer car for her, so she’s still thinking long term! Not even a thought of not driving anymore! I take that as a good sign!

Have to get prepped for work early today. SWMBO has a procedure today that they wont let her drive home, then mom’s big event tomorrow. I might have to play hooky a day…

Some River MZ…about ten yards this side of the bridge on the right, was my great-grandfather’s farm. My mother was born in the old house that still stands, but has long just been a storage area for cousins who maintained it. Last I heard they were going to tear it down. The state came in and either bought the strip or took it through eminent domain not sure which, but the ramp leading up dominated the view off the front porch. That’s been before I was born. We didn’t visit much as my grandmother didn’t drive and my auntie who lived there drove so would come to us. The times we did go out, all I remember was a herd of kitties, and more snake pieces parts laying about…🙀.

Them kitties do their jobs well…

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I hope your wife's procedure went well. Prayers for your mom tomorrow! 🙏 Do take the day off to care for these two most important women in your life. 💖
 
Ugh…😿. I know. She and I are the last of our nuclear family. I had a sister that passed before me so we’re it. I handled my father’s death pretty well relatively speaking, but I don’t think I’ll handle hers that way.

One thing I take comfort in is she gets to spend every waking moment with her great granddaughter. Our oldest moved in until they save enough for a house, so every morning is out in the swing with her and doing things together through the day. The bond they have is really something to behold.
This is wonderful! 💞
 
I post directly from my gallery. I always have to resize the photos to 20 - 40%. I click on the square box in the lower left corner that says "Attach files," choose "Photos & videos" under "Choose an action," navigate to my gallery, choose the photo, select done, then post and upload the photo. I select "Insert full image" to get the pic to post. Here's one of the cookies I baked today!

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Yum! Lemme know if you need help eating then!
 
Power is back.

The lightning and thunder were almost instantaneous. Really heavy gusts and 3/4” of rain in about 20 minutes.

A few branches down, and I thought all of our sunflowers got blown over, but we only had one casualty!

You guys in the Midwest are probably laughing at my over dramatic storm report. 😂
In a way, I'm envious! I love thunderstorms! We don't get them much here. ⛈️⚡️🌩
 
Hmmm, lesse:


bought a backhoe
got to use it to get the truck (the guy who hauled it for us) unstuck
discovered that I still "gots it" - just add a bit of practice
charged the battery in the little tractor
it didn't charge
tooken the battery out of the little tractor and went to the store
got a new battery, some hydraulic oil (5 gallons) and some replacement trailer running lights where Some Dog chewed them
went to get diesel and gas for the chain saw
found the chain saw chain file
put the new battery in the little tractor
cut a lot of the south 40.


Poodles love it when they discover Freshly Cut Grass. It's a delicacy - easy to eat and ready-served by Teh H000man. They scoop it up like loader buckets scooping gravel or the like. So Happy Poodles were made this evening.
Productive day! 🥰💞
 
My neighbor is in the hospital so the wife asked me to mow their lawn.

Knocked it out at lunchtime since I was working from home today.

Almost got my front yard mowed after work before the torrential downpour.

Afterwards my wife and I planted all of our pumpkin plants we didn’t sell at our farmstand. It was super humid after the storm and wet. I’d been meaning to plant the pumpkins for the last few weeks.

And I got a lot done at work too.

So I guess that makes it a good day. Somehow I managed to in 16k steps.
You were busy, too!
 
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